Cigar and cigarette box



LKOSTKA.

clGAR AND -CIGARETTE B0X.`

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 5. |919.

Patented July 6, 1920.

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UNITED STATES' JOHN VKOSTKA, OE CLEVELAND, OHIO.

CIGAR AND CIGARETTE BOX.

Specification of Letters liaterit.A

Patented July 6, 1920.

Application led September 5, 1919. Serial Nomi-121,736.

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN Kos'rim, a citi- Zen of Poland, residing at Cleveland, county of Cuyahoga, and Sta-te of Chio, have 1nvented certain new and useful Improve ments in Cigar and Cigarette Boxes, of which the following is a specification.

The object of this invention is to pro vide a container Jfor cigars, cigarettes or the like, having combined therewith a receptacle for ashes, a reservoir for matches, a surface upon which the matches may be ignited, a device for puncturing a cigar, and means for clipping its end.

This object is attained by the novel construction and combination of parts herein' after described and shown in the accompany ing drawings, forming a material part of this disclosure, and in which- Figure 1 is a perspective view showing a device made in accordance with the invention.

Fig. 2 is a front elevational view thereof, a portion of the front wall being broken away in order to disclose the construction, and

F ig. 3 is a fragmentary vertical sectional view taken on line 33 of Fig. 2.

Referring to the drawings in detail, the numeral 10 indicates the base of the con tainer, and 11 the cover portion, the same being actuated by the side and end walls respectively 12 and 13.

Joined to the rigid cover portion 11 and longitudinal extending ends 14; is a movable cover element 15, while upon the opposite side of the box, engaged by the hinges 16 is a partial cover 17.

A partition plate 12 arranged parallel at the front end wall 13, forms a space 19 therebetween, and joining the plate 18 is a longitudinal partition plate 20, extending through the opposite or rear end of the container. The space between the partition plate 2() and side walls 12 may be used to contain cigars, etc., while the space 19 is adapted to receive ashes and other debris so as to avoid soiling the immediate surroundings.

Recesses are formed in the bottom plate 1() oneof which is formed to receive a comb 21, and the other a trained mirror 22, while a smaller drilled circular opening is receptive of the shank of a cigar piercer' 23, the saine extending outward so as to be readily removed when it is desired for use.

Secured upon Vthe cover 11 is a receptacle 211 having a cover plate 25, joined by the hinges 26, so that the cover may be readily raised, the interior being adapted to hold matches which may be' struck upon an abrading surface 27, such as a piece ot sand-paper resting on the plate 28 and held in position by the clips 29 disposed along its lateral edges.

Formed through the front wall 13 is a circular opening 30, registering with a similar opening formed in a plate 31, attached to the inner side of the wall, these openings being adapted to receive the tip end of a cigar which is cut after insertion by theoperation ot a pair of oppositely disposed knives 32 and 33 respectively upper and lower, the same being part of levers 34 and 35, connected pivotally by a pin 36 at one end and operating in the manner 01 shears with respect one to the other.

Another lever 37, pivoted on a pin 38, is drawn up into a normally operative angular position due to the pull of a spring 39 at its upper end, while its inner, lower end rests upon the stop pin 40, set in the bottom plate 10, the' free end 41 of the lever 3st is curved downwardly and makes contactl with the outer edge of the lever 37, while the tree end of the lever 35 is provided with a cam shaped terminal l2 contacting with the lower end of the lever 37 and normally drawn thereagainst by a spring 4:3.

Passing downward through the top 15 of the container is a plunger 44: having an operating head or knob e5, the inner end of the plunger making contact with the upper edge of the lever 34e, immediately above the opening 30, the construction being such that as the knob 45 is depressed, its downward motion is transmitted directly to the upper shear 32, and due to the peculiar arrangement of the levers the shear 33 simultaneously raised, shearing the end of the cigar in an obvious manner.

'Upon releasing the knob 45 the parts are brought in a normal open position due to the pull otl the spring 39.

ilrcm the foregoing it wil be seen that a convenient and neat appearing device for the use oi' smokers has been disclosed in which all necessary and desirable adjuncts are combined so as to be readily accessible in addition to certain toilet articles of the nature indicated.

aving thus described my invention what www n er

l claim as new and desire to secure by Let# ters Patent, -is- In a container of the character described having a plurality of compartments adapted for the reception of various articles of per sonal usage, a pair of levers plvotally connected at one end,V oppositely disposed knives on said levers in one of said compartments,

l a stop pin, a pivoted actuating lever adapted to-rest with its inner,` lower end on said stop pin7 a spring for drawing the opposite signature.

f JOHN KOSTKA. 

